Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 23:51:56 -0500 From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> To: chris barlas <chrisbarlas@home.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 4000 X Message-ID: <20011201235156.A74738@peitho.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <20011202043912.ETRA8659.femail44.sdc1.sfba.home.com@europa.makenode.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 10:42:01PM -0600, chris barlas wrote: > I recently purchased an inspiron 4000 from dell and have been using > Mandrake 8.1rc1 on it since day 1 with no issues at all. I decided that > i really like to have freebsd on the top, so i have installed 4.4. > Everything is working great with the exception of x. I have searched > far and wide and have found little or no info on getting x to work with > the 4000 series. Anyone else out there using this laptop? Please help.. > both configuration tools do not work. xf86setup /xf86config. One the > screen just flickers, and the other just doesn't even try to run the > xserver. > Have you tried the X configuration you used with Mandrake (you may need a bit of tweaking WRT the mouse device name and font paths)? Alternatively, there are links over a dozen web pages for linux users with this laptop at http://www.linux-laptop.net/dell.html, some with working X config files (e.g. http://theory.gsi.de/~vanhees/XF86Config-Dell-inspiron4000) that you can tweak. -- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iEYEARECAAYFAjwJs2sACgkQObaG4P6BelApgACff71pkKJbduJ28FDHv2AIVMoB CooAn2FIHcLCDeXtYdIUeEbN6VNahUk3 =myvy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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